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Sunday Market or let the treasure hunt begin!

by OlyaBalan

First useful thing that I got to know about Wroclaw, before coming to Poland, was that here exists a special second hand market organized every Sunday. I was told that I can find there whatever I need, from pots, cutlery, plates, cups to clothes, bikes or furniture. As I prefer non conventional shopping rather than going to malls, I looked for this flea market on my first week of stay.

Dishes right on the ground

I found this “open air museum” in an old factory yard, somewhere on the outskirts of Wroclaw, in Młyn Sułkowice area. The size of the market and the variety of stuffs amazed me. Besides the old vintage and antique things, there are as well new high tech items. Most of the vendors dispose their goods properly on the ground, others on some improvised tables, while others make use of cardboard boxes to organize their “products”. These cardboard boxes are like “horns of plenty”, lots of things inside and you never know what else is hidden there at the bottom of the box. For this particular reason people are like swarming bees around these boxes. The crowd makes it difficult to find some valuable things in there. Though I bought some nice and useful stuff found in those boxes.

This is how a “horn of plenty” looks like

Digging into botomless boxes

I should admit Sunday Market offers plenty of things between art and kitsch. It’s something usual for this kind of bazaars. In Australia they are deliberately called “trash and treasure markets”. The main idea is to seek out beauty through mediocrity, to look for quality through the large amount of junk.

Ties in an old-fashioned suitcase

Would like to have this picnic set at home 🙂

Vintage sofas

It’s even better than at Ikea 🙂

Furniture for bedrooms

Puffs for football fans

In this period the Sunday Market is even more attractive. A lot of second hand “dealers” show off their Christmas decorations, lights, trees, candles and many other traditional holiday accessories. If you search for low-price decorations or gifts, all in good taste, Sunday Market is your shopping destination. The bazaar is also calling winter sports’ fans. You can find full skiing and snowboarding equipment, second hand or new. I’ve seen also some pairs of ice skating boots.

Christmas decorations

Christmas spirit

Army of skis!

Before you go to the Sunday Market, be prepared with some basic shopping expressions in Polish, because people rarely speak English there. The fun begins when you start negotiating the prices. I dare asking for a half price on everything and usually I get the discount. Do you want to know the secret? Be interested and insistent, a totally different attitude in comparison to the “negotiating style” in Middle East for example.

This next to a fireplace, please!

I told you, eveything is right on the ground

Vintage goodies

I’ve met Woody Allen there 🙂

a piece of Holland in Poland

Cute!

especially for fashion girls

I’ve found the treasure chest

Nice fence

Little things matter

Tandem bike, love it!

Good bikes from Germany

What else you should now is that Flea Market in Wroclaw is open just on Sundays from the very morning till 2 PM.